Astion's lupus drug gets COMP thumbs up

5 August 2007

Danish drugmaker Astion Pharma says that the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products has recommended Orphan Drug status for its developmental cutaneous lupus erythematosus treatment, ASF-1096.

Astion said that it expects ASF-1096, which is currently being examined in a Phase II clinical assessment, will move into Phase III trials in the next six to 12 months. The firm added that it plans to file the drug with the US Food and Drug Administration later this month.

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